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GovTech is responsible for the delivery of the Singapore government's digital services to the public. It is the agency that provides the infrastructure to support the implementation of the country's Smart Nation initiative to utilise infocomm technologies, networks and big data to create tech-enabled solutions.
The Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI; Malay: Kementerian Penerangan dan Pembangunan Digital; Chinese: 数码发展及新闻部; Tamil: தகவல், மின்னிலக்க மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the development of the infocomm technology, media and design ...
The Smart Nation was an initiative launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 24 November 2014. [3] In financial year 2017, the government had set aside $2.4 billion to support the initiative, [4] which involves the government purchasing services from technology startups rather than offering grants to support them. [5]
The SGEA is an offshoot of the Civil Service Computerization Programme (CSCP), which the Singaporean government launched in the 1980s to turn Singapore's public sector as a world-class exploiter of IT. [1] The initial goal was the improvement of internal operational efficiencies through the automation of traditional work functions in the ...
Virtual Singapore is a 3D digital model of Singapore that uses real-time and topographical data. It is a digital twin of the city-state , and the first digital twin of a country. Virtual Singapore is co-led by the National Research Foundation, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and the Government Technology Agency .
Singapore has shortlisted 14 applicants, which sources say include internet firm Sea and a joint venture of ride-hailer Grab and Singtel, for up to five digital bank licences in the city-state's ...
William Farquhar, who served as the first resident of Singapore from 1819 to 1823. On 30 January 1819, Sir Stamford Raffles, an Englishman who was the Governor of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu, Indonesia), entered into a preliminary agreement with the Temenggung of Johor, Abdul Rahman Sri Maharajah, for the British East India Company to establish a "factory" or trading post on the island of Singapore.
The Government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore.Ministries are led by a member of the Cabinet and deal with state matters that require direct political oversight.